CVE-2025-62713: Kottster app reinitialization can be re-triggered allowing command injection in development mode
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Development mode only. Kottster contains a pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability when running in development mode.
The vulnerability combines two issues:
- The
initAppaction can be called repeatedly without checking if the app is already initialized, allowing attackers to create a new root admin account and obtain a JWT token - The
installPackagesForDataSourceaction uses unescaped command arguments, enabling command injection
An attacker with access to a locally running development instance can chain these vulnerabilities to:
- Reinitialize the application and receive a JWT token for a new root account
- Use this token to authenticate
- Execute arbitrary system commands through
installPackagesForDataSource
Production deployments were never affected.
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